Accountability in American Higher Education, edited by Kevin Carey and Mark Schneider (Palgrave Macmillan; 355 pages; $95). Essays by academics, entrepreneurs, and others on accountability in relation to student learning, faculty productivity, campus finances, and other realms.
Culture Centers in Higher Education: Perspectives on Identity, Theory, and Practice, edited by Lori D. Patton (Stylus Publishing; 212 pages; $75 hardcover, $27.50 paperback). Writings on black, Latino, Asian-American, and American Indian cultural centers on campuses; also includes administrative and theoretical takes on the topic.
The Evolving Challenges of Black College Students: New Insights for Policy, Practice and Research, edited by Terrell L. Strayhorn and Melvin C. Terrell (Stylus Publishing; 226 pages; $75 hardcover, $29.95 paperback). Writings on the black collegiate experience at both predominantly white and historically black institutions; topics include parental influence and institutional support.
Higher Education and First-Generation Students: Cultivating Community, Voice, and Place for the New Majority, by Rashné Rustom Jehangir (Palgrave Macmillan; 212 pages; $85). Documents the isolation and marginalization of first-generation, low-income students.
Higher Education and Global Poverty: University Partnerships and the World Bank in Developing Countries, by Christopher S. Collins (Cambria Press; 222 pages; $104.99). Focuses on the bank’s role in university-development initiatives in Thailand and Uganda.
A Medical Teacher’s Manual for Success: Five Simple Steps, by Helen M. Shields (Johns Hopkins University Press; 296 pages; $25). Offers advice on improving teaching and curricula in medical schools.
Pay for Play: A History of Big-Time College Athletic Reform, by Ronald A. Smith (University of Illinois Press; 344 pages; $80 hardcover, $30 paperback). Traces efforts at college-athletics reform since an eligibility dispute between the Harvard and Yale University rowing teams in 1855.
The Still Divided Academy: How Competing Visions of Power, Politics, and Diversity Complicate the Mission of Higher Education, by Stanley Rothman, April Kelly-Woessner, and Matthew Woessner (Rowman & Littlefield; 282 pages; $39.95). Analyzes opinion data gathered in the North American Academic Study Survey of 1999.
Transforming Graduate Biblical Education: Ethos and Discipline, edited by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and Kent Harold Richards (Society of Biblical Literature; 399 pages; $49.95). Essays on changing the ethos and pedagogy of biblical studies, including the embrace of feminist and other marginalized voices.
University Planning and Architecture: The Search for Perfection, by Jonathan Coulson, Paul Roberts, and Isabelle Taylor (Routledge; 263 pages; $125). Combines a brief history of university planning and architecture for the past 1,000 years with 29 case studies from Europe, the United States, Asia, South Africa, and Australia.
Unlocking the Gates: How and Why Leading Universities Are Opening Up Access to Their Courses, by Taylor Walsh (Princeton University Press; 296 pages; $29.95). Presents case studies of MIT’s OpenCourseWare, Open Yale Courses, webcast.berkeley, and other programs that offer free online access to undergraduate course materials, including syllabi, lectures, and assignments.